Quebec Nordiques vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, January 14, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Quebec Nordiques 8–5 on Thursday, January 14, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Nordiques outshot the Islanders 30–27.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice, Brent Sutter scored twice and Peter Stastny scored twice. Brad Lauer, Greg Gilbert, Alan Haworth, Paul Gillis, Denis Potvin, Randy Wood and Anton Stastny also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Lauer (7)Unassisted0–101:43 NYI
Greg Gilbert (8)Bryan Trottier (33), Denis Potvin (20)0–203:36 NYI
Alan Haworth (13)Michel Goulet (35), Jeff Brown (19)1–205:38 QUE · 
Pat LaFontaine (29)Alan Kerr (20), Randy Wood (5)1–311:54 NYI
Brent Sutter (13)Dale Henry (6)1–412:12 NYI
Paul Gillis (5)Unassisted2–418:16 QUE
2nd period
Peter Stastny (29)Gaetan Duchesne (14)3–400:58 QUE
Denis Potvin (9)Unassisted3–504:24 NYI · 
Randy Wood (14)Patrick Flatley (12), Pat LaFontaine (26)3–607:26 NYI
Anton Stastny (16)Terry Carkner (18), Alan Haworth (18)4–610:37 QUE · - Peter Stastny (30)Alan Haworth (19), Tommy Albelin (12)5–614:40 QUE ·
3rd period
- Pat LaFontaine (30)Alan Kerr (21)5–700:32 NYI
- Brent Sutter (14)Patrick Flatley (13), Dale Henry (7)5–801:32 NYI
Team stats
QUENYI
3027
0%0%
3/61/3
3228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:14 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · tripping2 min - 8:20 into the first periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodDale Henry · roughing2 min
- 2:42 into the second period
Gord Donnelly · roughing2 min - 2:42 into the second periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 9:56 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodRandy Wood · holding2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodAlan Kerr · holding2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodMichel Goulet · roughing2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 12:07 into the third periodGord Donnelly · high sticking2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 12:07 into the third periodGord Donnelly · misconduct10 min
- 15:04 into the third periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 15:04 into the third periodSteven Finn · fighting5 min
- 18:22 into the third periodJeff Jackson · tripping2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 40Ron TugnuttG | 13 | 5 | .615 |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |